Building a Better Bucket Toilet
The bucket compost toilet in our cabin has seen several revisions since we first installed it four years ago including […]
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Homesteading in the Suburbs
Category: Plumbing
An outdoor shower: Transforming my life
It [an outdoor shower] changed my life. Brian Pontolilo, The Fine Homebuilding Podcast, Episode 5 One of my more unorthodox […]
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Berming the Earth Berm Cottage (Part 1)
The cottage has finally transitioned to being the earth berm cottage. Quite a bit when into the berm so I’ll […]
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EBC: Plumbing, Electrical & Mechanical Rough-In
Drain Waste Vent (DWV) The drain, waste vent system is pretty simple. The half bath will have a composting toilet […]
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Septic System: The Install
Note: This is part 3 of a 3 part series covering the design and install of conventional septic system for […]
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Septic System: The Design
A conventional septic system consists of a septic tank and an absorptive drain field. I’ll cover sizing and locating both […]
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Septic System: In Pursuit of a Variance
This is part 1 of a 3 part series of designing and installing our onsite sewage facility or septic system […]
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Plumbing Revision/Winterization
In February 2021 central Texas experienced some extremely cold weather. There were at least five days where the temperature did […]
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Water Distribution System
Within a few weeks of plumbing in our gutters to our water tanks the tanks were full. The next thing […]
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Water Collection System
Here’s the plan for our water collection system. Red circles are down spouts. The blue circles are rain tanks. We […]
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